20. Amendment of section 49 of the principal enactment

Section 49 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of the proviso to subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following :-

“Provided that in every other case some other Judge of the High Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka, the

High Court for the Province established by Article 154P of the Constitution, the District Court, Family

Court, Small Claims Court, Magistrate of the

Magistrate’s Court and Judge of the Primary Court, as the case may be, of any adjoining zone, district or division shall have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine such action, prosecution, proceeding or matter.”.